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SPECIAL HOLIDAY PACKAGE DRIVE!!!!
$50 DONATION WILL SEND 3 "WELL FILLED" CARE PACKAGES TO A SOLDIER OF YOUR CHOICE WITH THEIR ADDRESS PROVIDED...
TO ANY APO/FPO IN THE WORLD
OUR HOLIDAY SHIPMENT GOAL 1,000 PACKAGES
ESTIMATED POSTAGE IS $10.95/ PACKAGE TOTAL $$$$ 10,950 WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our count of "care packages" mailed to the middle East so far is 4800!!!!!!!!!
Donation drop off point
C/ORon & Susan Wardezak Allstate Insurance
411East Main Street
Carnegie PA 15106
412-736-8183
NO USED ITEMS PLEASE...NEW IN PACKAGE, WITH EXCEPTION OF "BEANIE BABIES" THANK YOU
What our soldiers need!
The military provides for the basic needs of the American Service members
however, many of these items are found to be in short supply. Keep in
mind that many items being sent are consumable products, and will be
depleted in short order by the thousands of troops taking care of business
FOR US.... Our soldiers are hungry, dirty, tired, and need our letters,
and continuing "HUGS FROM HOME" right up until the day they
return safely to us. So, keep it coming everyone and we thank you in
advance for your thoughtfulness and support.)
Prepaid Phone Cards: The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) says that Phone Cards are the number one item out of the top ten items purchased in contingency exchange (PX/BX) operations. "The AAFES phone card campaign, dubbed Help Our Troops Call Home, is an affordable way to connect service members on the front lines with family back home https://thor.aafes.com/scs/default.aspx
Food & Food Related Items:
Small pre packed food items are best, food immediately gets sand and dust
within the packaging if it is in bulk size. Most food should be consumed
fully in one sitting, as there is limited space for clean food storage.
Ready to Eat Tuna or Chicken Salad kits
Breakfast type foods and drinks
Instant & regular coffee, filters, powdered creamer, sugar packets
Instant hot chocolate packets
Campbell's chunky soups, chicken, beef, etc. Pop top cans are Best
Fast Food Hot Sauce Packets
Individual packets of Trail Mix, Beef Jerky, Slim Jims peanuts, pretzels,
cookies, sunflower seeds and canned nuts
Canned chips or potato sticks
Cereal bars, granola bars, Energy Bars
Chips Ahoy cookies, individual packages. (Big bags often fill with dust
if not eaten right away.
Other kinds of cookies!
Spices
Squeeze butter
Pringles chips
Microwave popcorn
Ramen noodles
Easy Mac
Pre-sweetened powdered drinks, Kool-Aid, Gatorade
Lil Debbie snacks, brownies, cakes - no icing
Soldier can also give these individually wrapped items to kids
Personal Items & Hygiene Items:
New T-shirts, light tan with new ACU
Antibacterial wipes, lotion, sunscreen, travel size toothpaste, toothbrushes,
deodorant, soap, shampoo, tissues, Gold Bond powder, Avon skin-so-soft
is great for removing camo and a bug repellent
Eye drops for washing out sand (cleaning kind-send in plastic bag)
small containers of Tylenol, Motrin, Advil
Band Aids, cough drops, dental floss, combs, chapstick, lip balm, q-tips,
nail clippers, disposable razors, shaving cream, toilet
Flip flops/shower shoes, Athletes foot cream, foot powder, boot Odor EAters
- no aerosol bottles
, pens, postcards, envelopes
Shoe laces for gym shoes and boots
Boot socks
New underwear
Hand warmers
Anti-itch
Icy/hot patches
Air activated heat wraps for sore muscles
Vitamins
ANY OLD DENTAL TEETH CLEANING TOOLS to clean guns & equipment
Duct Tape, Masking Tape, electrical tape, Sticky tack etc. For making
minor repairs to their CHU’s & electrical equipment
Entertainment:
New DVD's, CDs & players
Handheld electronic games
Puzzle, Word Game & Crossword books
Beanie Babies for the soldiers to give to kids
Magazines, local papers, comics paperbacks - mystery, action, drama, science
fiction, hunting, auto, pc Games, Chess, Checkers, Dominoes, Parcheesi,
Yahtze, Uno Cribbage, Puzzles, Cards Nerf toys
Game Boys & games
Baseballs, Frisbees
Footballs
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Miscellaneous:
Holiday decorations
Greeting cards
Paper towels, windex, laundry detergent (travel size-powder or cubes (no
liquid), Febreze
Ziploc bags, Styrofoam cups
Variety of zip-lock bag sizes, heavy kind
Glasses wipes
Clothespins, Clothesline
Battery Operated Fans, Misty Mates
Variety of batteries
to keep water bottles and cans cool
Air freshener, stickups
Holiday decorations
Holiday cards and an address book with names & addresses
Ink pens
Microwave able plates and bowls, paper plates
Canned air to blow dust out of electronics
Sewing kit
* If there is some item that we have forgotten on this list, please let
us know what you think would be good for our soldiers serving their country.
Prohibited
Items:
Illegal substances, Alcoholic beverages, Explosives, including fireworks.
Offensive or obscene materials, including photos, drawings or any other
material which may offend members of the opposite sex, members of another
race, background, nationality or ethnicity, religion, or who are conservative
or modest.
Again, Letters are important. Get children to write a letter
thanking our service men and women so that they know that they are appreciated.
And it doesn't hurt to write more than one, as they will be given out
randomly. You may include your name and address if you would like. That
would give our soldiers the chance to respond if they desire.
Thank you for supporting our American Troops